mode going just under 6 miles per hour on electric is no problem because 90% of the area patrolled is in the 6 miles per hour zone. this boat can charge the batteries several ways. >> it gets charged when it is plugged in at night. it gets charged when the diesel is running and whenever the sun is shining. >> reporter: one of the beauties of this boat is that it is electric. captain, turn it on. turn it on. >> it is already on. >> reporter: it is on. it's very quiet. >> i am told that there are 12 of them in the world and we have numbers 11 and 12 here. >> reporter: david street likes the ride. >> it is different. very quiet. don't have to smell the exhaust anymore. >> reporter: in annapolis, don harrison, abc 2 news. >> annapolis will have their second boat delivered in

january. you all remember the earthquake that hit back in august. it is what you haven't felt that might surprise you. according to the us geological survey there have been more than 600 after shocks from the quake. the most recent was yesterday morning that registered 2.3. geologists saying the strength of the quake had not been seen in a century. looking at tonight's top stories. the perry hall boys soccer team will play in the state's semi- finals after all. the school's principal reversed a decision to end the season. he said they wouldn't play based on a post game celebration dance. a fire in hartford county claimed the life of a 20 year old man last night. the state

fire marshall's office has yet to find any evidence of wrong doing. in baltimore city police have arrested a 17 year old. the parents of jones turned him into police last night. they apparently saw him on the surveillance video released by police earlier this week. investigators are still looking for other suspects who were involved in the murder of freddy jones, jr. at you brothers carryout in north baltimore. weatherwise things have been pretty nice. winds picking up a little bit. you can see the showers that we are tracking just south of us are now pushing south and east even farther. wind gusts up around 28 in spots at our weather bug site statewide. annapolis 28. temperatures running in the low 50s. so temperatures will be cooling off pretty rapidly into the 40s

as clouds continue to decrease. we'll talk much more about the outlook for your weekend straight ahead. news from around the nation starts in west virginia where a post office was evacuated where they thought a package exploded. emergency units rushed to discover the explosion was from a malfunctioning florescent light bulb. x-rays revealed the speccing package actually contained cookies. 15 people were quarantined for a short time. in glendale, arizona, fire destroys a cotton warehouse overnight. dozens of firefighters rush to the scene outside of phoenix but the flames were too much for crews. they surrounded the building and tried to keep the fire from spreading. no word yet on the cause. and it is now a waiting game in california for doctor conrad murray. his fate is in the hands of the

jury. the jury has just one charge to deliberate whether michael jackson's doctor contributed to the pop star's death. prosecutors are sure they will get a conviction. jackson's body guards say the star was close friends with the family. the state says jackson's death was a crime whether or not the jury agrees. legal experts do not expect a speedy verdict. and the tsa plans for x-ray body screeners. tsa says the scanners are safe but an article in business week says the agency has never conducted its own research. we have shown you quite a few close encounters people had with whales off the california coast. this one might take your breath away. we'll show you how close two pumpback whales came to kayakers. and do not try this at

home. how one man set a guinness world record for jumping over cars being driven straight at him.

check out what was caught on camera. a couple of kayakers got a gigantic surprise. two humpback whales jumped out of the water. it is common for them to lunge out. it happened the person filming was yards away. >> thousands of pounds flying up in the air right next to you. you are a sitting duck basically. >> scientists believe weather patterns have driven fish closer to shore this year and brought the feeding whales with them. in washington they were trying not to have a close encounter with wild life. you are looking at a large black bear wandering across a neighborhood. just in time the bear ended up in the parking lot of an elementary school. that bear was shot with four tranquilizer darts putting him to sleep. do not try this at home.

this is crazy video. you are watching aaron evans jumping over cars coming at him at 30 miles per hour. he holds the world record for being the fastest. >> i pick the point where i'm going to meet it. as soon as i get there and i'm at the certain point i take off. >> that is crazy. aaron says he was inspired by a bruce lee movie he saw as a kid and was featured on the history channel superhuman show. herman cain's presidential campaign could be in more trouble. the decision on whether one accuser can-can release a statement has been debated all day. will cain's campaign sue over that message. the holidays are just around the corner. that means plenty of decorating. what to look for if you are planting hire a professional to hang all of those lights.

less than a week after halloween today is national candy day. where is my candy? it is a good excuse to clear the grocery store shelves of leftover halloween candy. dentists may be celebrate figure different reasons. the holidays right around the corner. in a world of hectic family schedules there is not a lot of time to get lights up. abc 2 news conner looks at how to hire a professional to hang the holiday decorations. >> reporter: decking the hallicize a long standing

holiday tradition but hectic time could leave lit time to deal with the lights and decorations. there are companies willing to help you. >> whether it be handyman, landscapers or roofers these companies are typically less busy during the holiday time but have the equipment necessary to hang the lights properly. >> you can go over ideas and see pictures of some of their other work. >> of course you have your basic material costs depending on our designs that we decide to do. that will determine how much we need for each item like for the steps, each side of this required two pieces of garland and a bow. >> and check to see what they'll need from you. >> i need access to the power sources. i need to know what else is on the power sources so that i'm aware of my limitations. i need access sometimes into

the house. >> other things to keep in mind the timeline to complete the project. do they have insurance and what is the company's maintenance policy. will they have to replace a burned out bulb or will you need to take care of it. you also want to check with your homeowners association to make sure it doesn't turn into a grinch. for more tips on hiring a holiday decorator head to our website and click on the angie's list link. now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> nice day. sun going down and we have to enjoy this day light past 5:00 p.m. because soon it is a thing of the past. we are going to be seeing very dark evenings beginning sunday into the next week. 56. our cameras shaking in the breeze here a little bit. we have wind northeast 10 but

gusting hire. through the day we did have nice sunshine after morning clouds. there was more cloud cover in southern maryland. dc south. annapolis you see clouds as the storm passed just south of us. we dodged just about all of the rain across maryland. there is rain in north carolina. look at the trees and fall foliage in the wind. it is all clear. that will continue to be the case through the weekend. and mid 50s right now. not a bad deal but the temperatures dropping into the 40s. winds are from the north and they are a chilly breeze coming up. 10 to 15 but gusting higher. we see wind gusts around 22 and higher in spots. we have one gust to 40. so it is breezy. our satellite and radar picture showing that storm to the south, you see the showers kind of pushing out of the region and that is going to be the continued scenario here over

the next couple of hours. skies will continue to clear. there are a few clouds points south. still reporting a partly cloudy sky. most of us will be getting crystal clear. now with the cooler air pouring in out of the north that is going to mean a chilly day break tomorrow. it will be a cold start if you have early plans on saturday. be ready for that. the bottom line is high pressure coming in breezy. the breezes should begin to let up throughout the day tomorrow and we'll be looking at a lot of sunshine. across the east you can see a cold pattern. again, that's our last weather maker for a while t. heads offshore to the ft with not muc replace it. we'll look for continued blue skies through sunday. you look north and west. very important sunday night. pittsburgh looks crystal clear. maybe a cool night in

pittsburgh but it looks like the weather will be a nonfactor in the big game. overnight 34. clear and colder. as we go into sunday our 2- degree guarantee. how about 53. a cooler day but less breezy. tomorrow night we'll be cold overnight. it will take a while to get that cold. as we check out your seven day forecast things shaping up pretty well. we should push back close to 60 on sunday and monday. and then into the mid 60s next week. of course next week if you are a 9-5 worker you walk out the door and it will be dark already. at least it will be mild temperatures. >> it is close to 70 but it will be dark so that gives you an excuse to do your walking at lunch. >> try to duck out of work early. coming in early and leave early. >> do you think they'll bump up the news so we can do that? >> we'll put in a request. now to our ongoing democracy 2012 coverage which

has centered around republican presidential candidate herman cain. all week the headlinevise surrounded two women who accuse cain of sexual harassment. tory joins us live from washington dc. >> reporter: we have a lot of news to get through. a lawyer for one of cain's accusers came out this afternoon and issued a statement on his client's behalf. he described his client as being very anxious over the past few days. he says the complaint included several instances of sexual harassment backige 1999. he acknowledges there was a monitary settlement. he told us his client has a husband of 26 years and they see no value in discussing this any further than that statement. he says his client stands by the complaint but doesn't want to relive this.

>> mr. cain my client filed a written complaint in 1999 against him specifically and it had very specific incidents in it. if he chooses to not remember or not acknowledge those, that's his issue. >> so here is the response from the cain campaign. it says we look forward to focusing our attention on the issues in the country like fixing the economy as well as strengthening national security. now the question is how much is this going to effect herman cain. if you take a look at the poll you'll notice that cain is right behind romney, 1% difference. a lot of questions still to be answered. >> we are also hearing that the cain campaign is considering taking legal action over all of this. what can you tell us about that tonight? >> i think considering is going

to be the key word there. what we have heard from his campaign is that they are considering a lawsuit against politico. cain's campaign has said there were anomsis sources. they defended the story and they said they are standing by their reporters. >> live in washington dc for us tonight. thanks for that report. meanwhile another republican candidate is unveiling a plan that is supposed to reshape medicare. mitt romney hasn't finalized many of the details but would offer future medicare recipients what amounts to a voucher. the idea he presented to a gatherer is similar to a controversial plan released by republican congressman earlier this year. >> hello. i'm roosevelt leftwich. all brand new at 6 firefighters find a man dead after a fire at an abandoned farm house. we'll tell you more about what

police think he may have been doing there. and some of the country's biggest banks have scrapped plans to charge debit fees. there are some that will move forward. we'll give you tips about what you can do if your bank is one of those. now a preview of what is ahead on world news at 6:30. @ we had a mouse. what?

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it was another down day on

the stock market with the dow jones closing down 61 points. the numbers did rebound from a deeper drop earlier in the day. the nasdaq was down nearly 12 points. the global financial climate is partly to blame overshadowing a decent jobs report from october. now to a consumer alert. people may be low on cash but they are not giving up on coffee. the coffee giant saw profits jump nearly 30%. that means $358 million in earnings. the ceo of starbucks says 2011 has been extraordinary for the company. and not to be outdone by most of the rest of the big department stores, best buy has announced it, too, will open its doors at midnight thanksgiving night to get a jump on black friday electronics sales. the retailer says stores will be open and marks the earlieru

-- earliest best buy will be open. price matching on all products between november 13 and christmas eve excluding black friday and cyber monday deals. between thanksgiving and december holidays the final weeks of the year can be overwhelming. to help you manage this year abc 2 news karen takes a look at apps for planning your budget. >> reporter: the holiday crunch on your time and wallet could be just around the corner. first thanksgiving then black friday and then the december holidays. there are plenty of apps to help you enjoy the spirit of the season. making a budget is one thing. sticking to it another. while you are using your smart phone to look for steals, deals and mobile coupons you might consider an app like the one from mint.com to monitor your spending and keep on top of the bills. some retailers are already teasing shoppers with black

friday deals. the tgi black friday app lets you compare deals. hitting the road, the rails or taking to the skies? organize with the trip it app and share them so no one has an excuse for being late to pick you up at the airport. if you are the chef in the family like the i feast app help you plan and execute thanksgiving, christmas and other big meals. the apps feature planning guides. with shopping lists, timelines, timers or alerts. three men are in custody tonight charged with police impersonnuation. we'll tell you what investigators believe they did to at least two homes coming up on abc 2 news at 6 which starts right now.

a reversal in the decision to cancel one high school soccer team's season. what the school's principal had to say today when faced with very tough questions. and some of the country's biggest banks are backing off on planned debit card fees. what you can do if your bank is still considering raising the rate. the search for a missing man ended in tragedy last night after his father led authorities to a farm house that was engulfed in flames. the latest details on this deadly fire. >> reporter: this abandoned 56- acre farm has been on the market for 5 years, a victim of the depressed housing market. its abandoned state apparently made it an appealing site for kids to use. >> we posted everything as far as no trespassing and we tried to keep the house closed as